PUBLIC WORKS Article Links

5/1/2009

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Fleet managementFrom show floors and beyondA look at this year's newest trucks and accessories.

The following companies presented new trucks and equipment at trade shows this year:

One every 13 minutesIn 2007, an average of 112 people died each day in motor vehicle crashes, continuing a trend in traffic fatalities that has remained constant for nearly two decades. Source: Fatality Analysis Reporting System

Although the number of people injured in crashes has fallen steadily since the late 1990s, nearly 2.5 million were injured in 2007. That's an average of nearly five injuries every minute. Source: Fatality Analysis Reporting System